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Today, December 27th, our fair webmistress here at Leaky will be celebrating her birthday! If, of course, by ‘celebrating’ you mean slaving away like a house elf at her desk: crossing her ‘t’s and dotting her ‘i’s, and no doubt writing like a madwoman, pumping out the last few chapters of that book of hers. Yes, I know, she should be going out and living it up somewhere in the city, but with that deadline looming I’m afraid the Ravenclaw in her just won’t allow it. As we all know there’s seldom a quiet moment in the Potter world. It’s easy to get distracted – including even the most welcome of distractions – and I imagine it’s quite difficult to pull yourself away from the fandom long enough to write about it.

I hope you’ll all join me in wishing Melissa a fantastic birthday, and many words of encouragement as she chugs along through a whirlwind of writing during the holidays. In all the craziness, she’s still managed stay a brilliant ringleader throughout the heck of a year we’ve had here at Leaky, and in this amazing year we’ve all had as Potter fans.

Love you, Melvin

194 Responses to Happy Birthday, Melissa!

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happy b-day melissa!

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happy b-day melisa!!! ravenclaw pride : P

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Happy Birthday M! Keep going on that book! I need my college apps done by the 10th so that gives you an extra day :P

—Alex

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LOL JOHN POSTED.
I LOVE YOU MELISSA!
You’re one of my heroes. I honestly mean that.:]

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Harry Birthday Merlissa!
<3

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Harry Birthday Melissa!
<3

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The Happiest of Happy Birthdays, Melissa! You’re a true wonder of a woman and mean a great deal to all of us Potter dorks here on Leaky.

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Happy birthday Melissa!

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The happiest of birthdays to you Melissa!

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Happy Birthday Melissa! Thank you for all that you’ve done and are doing for us fans. We really appreciate it!

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Happy Birthday Melissa ! Thank you for alll your work on this amazing website :) Have a great day.

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A very Happy, and in this case, Productive Birthday Melissa!!! I raise my italian vine glass to you! Cin!

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Happy Birthday, Melissa!!! You rock!!

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Yay! Have a fantabulous, awesome birthday, Melissa! You so deserve it! Even superwoman needs a break from work, though, so put the keyboard away for the day!

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Happy Birthday, Melissa! This thing you have wrought has brought so much joy to so many and kept so many people closely involved in the fandom. You should look upon it and be proud. And all of us fans appreciate you, your accomplishments as we all benefit from your contributions. Thanks so much and happy birthday!

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happy birthday melvin!.... john, you are not up to your usual form, you didnt tell us how old she was going to be. honestly! how can we know how many spanking charms to place on her if we dont know how old she is? honestly, ruining perfectly good wizarding birthday traditions, of course I hear you silly muggles do your own birthday spankings, but honestly, thats just lame, honestly. yes, I like useing the world honestly because honestly its the best word in the world. well, i guess you muggles would not understand.

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The very best wishes for your birthday, Melissa! And thanks for this wonderful year in Potter you and the others have brought us fans. We do truly appreciate all the hard work you all put in. Good luck with the book! Can’t wait to see what’s in store for Potterites in 2008.

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Happy brithday!

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Happy Birthday Melissa, have a wonderful day filled with nice surprises.

...and thank you!

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Happy Birthday Melvin! hope you have a great day!

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Happy Birthday, Melissa. I hope you have a fabulous day and get some lovely presents (with not a ‘joint Chritsmas and birthday’ present in sight!).

Don’t work too hard, you’re supposed to be enjoying yourself!

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Happy Birthday Melissa! Good luck with your book, and thanks for everything!!

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We just don’t seem to get rid of “Melvin”, do we? :) Fine with me, it’s funny! But Melissa, I wish you the happiest of birthdays and thank you so much for everything you’ve ever done for us, with us, you name it. Thank you for this year, and hopefully for a few years to come.

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Happy Birthday Melissa!

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Here’s hoping you have the best birthday ever!

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happy birthday!

does anyone know what her books about?
i didnt even know she was writing one.

cheers!

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I haven’t been to the Leaky Cauldron in awhile, but I stopped in to bring Melissa a butterbeer and wish her Happy Birthday! Happy Birhtday Melissa! I always remember yours, since its the same as mine! LOL!

Hope you have a great one!

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Don’t stop writing, Melissa. As soon as you finish, send the book to me. I will edit it for you for free! Oh who am I kidding. Have a wonderful Birthday and I really look forward to reading your book.

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Jamie, Melissa is writing a book about us because we are strange and crazy people worth writing about, methinks ;-) Alright, specifically, Melissa is writing about the HP fandom as a whole and I imagine she will cover her own journey, the affects the books have all over the world, the evolution of her own fan site. Leaky, the relationships that blossom between herself, Sue, John and staff (ie how HP unites people), the frenzies of the HP book releases. She’ll even cover the extreme Christian protest and include her interviews with Mallory. She will also I am sure, describe her meetings with Rowling. I guess there will be much more. Wow, the more I think about it, the more I cant wait to read it.

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Aww, happy birthday Melissa! Hope you have a great day. x

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Melissa, Happy Birthday to you! You have led the fans through a wonderful year of potterdom! Thank you, and many happy returns!

Zarathustra

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Happy Birthday to you Melissa ! Best luck for your book and yes….we love your Web Site….Auguri !

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happy birthday Melissa! my b-day was yesterday!

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Have a very Happy Birthday, Melissa! You absolutely deserve to take a break to celebrate properly. Thank you so much for all you do for us; you help to make being a Harry Potter fan so rewarding. I will be first in line at my bookstore the day your book comes out—I can’t wait! :)

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Happy Birthday Melissa! :-D Hope this year will be as awesome as the last one!

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Happy Birthday Melissa! May your day be as sweet as a stroll through Honeyduke’s, and as magical as the Yule Ball. Here’s to another year of everything Harry – thanks for all you do!

- M

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Melissa, welcome to the next year of your life. I hope it’s filled with a lot of fun surprises as was 2007. Happy Birthday and wishes for good health into the new year.

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Happy Birthday Melissa!!!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA!!!!! I HOPE IT’S PERFECT

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
All the best to you, Melissa O

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Happy happy birthday, Melissa!!!
Thank you for all your effort, for everything you’ve done!!
You sound like a really great woman and a fantastic person, and I wish you a very happy birthday. :)

Cheers from Israel!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA!

I wish you a very Ravenclaw day! The Harry Potter fandom should ALWAYS celebrate they day you were born. I think we would be quite lost with out our Melvin leading the way. You are a shining beacon of sanity in what might otherwise be an insane fan world. Your dedication and professionalism has enriched the enjoyment we all get from the world that Jo created for us.

One Butterbeer on me…then back to work on the book! I can’t wait to read it!

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Happy, happy birthday, Melissa!

Now get back to working on that book, young (yes, young) lady!

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Happy Birthday, Melissa. I love you and all the other pottercast peeps. Listening to PotterCast makes me smile. Take the day off from the book, and chill.

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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA! Your insanely amazing, have a good one!

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Happy Birthday Melissa!! Thank you for everything you do. Enjoy your special day and good luck with that book!

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Happy Birthday Melissa, you truly are a major inspiration to this fandom and we all love you, cant wait for the book!

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Happy Birthday! You happen to share an awesome day with my dad… so I imagine you’re both as incredible as the other!

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Happy Birthday Melvin, er, I mean Melissa! Hope the day is great!

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Have a very ‘Harry’ Birthday!

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Joyeux anniversaire Melissa !

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‘Ear, ‘ear! Happy Birthday Melissa! Many hugs.

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Happy B-day Meli!!!! YOU ROCK

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Happy birthday Melvin!!
Hope you have an awesome day with the book! Thanks for all the wonderfull things you do for us fans!
Good luck with the book!

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Have a wonderful birthday, Melissa, and thank you for all that you do for Harry Potter fans.

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A very happy, Melissa!

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Happy birthday, Melissa! Same day as my sister! Thanks for really putting the ‘7’ in 2007 for all Potter fans. (And I love seeing that you work on a Mac!)

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heya HAPPY BIRTHDAY Melissa!!! Hope u had a gr8 time today!!!

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Happy Birthday Melissa! WE LOVE YOU!!! Work will keep for a day. Go out and have a good time and enjoy your birthday and friends and while you are at it, pat yourself on the back for another great year at Leaky. You have done a fabulous job and we, the fans, salute you!!!

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Have a good one! you are great!! but remember…..’all work and no play makes jack a dull boy’!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Happy happy, Melissa! Keep up the good work—you’re almost there!!! _

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Happy birthday, Melissa! Thank you so much for everything you’ve done on Leaky and PotterCast!!!

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Happy Birthday Melissa!

... Thanks for all the fun this year!

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Thanks for all you’ve done, Melissa, and happy happy birthday to you!

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Happy birthday, Webmistress!

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Happy B-day Mellissa!!! Don’t work to hard! Enjoy the day!!

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Happy birthday Melissa, why don’t you just take a nice long break, you deserve it with everything you’ve done for pottercast and Leakey.

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Happy Birthday to the best Melvin there is! <3 =D

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Happy Birthday!! :-)

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Happy Birthday Melissa. Thanks for all that you do. We really do appreciate it.

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Oh, Melissa! Happy, happy birthday! And as for the book: You can do it! You’ll push through to the end, and it’ll be brilliant and wonderful and engrossing, and we’ll all LOVE reading it! Go, Melissa, go!!

P.S. Very nice news post, John. :)

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Happy Birthday Melissa!!

Thanx for all the hard work!!

=D love from Peru!

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Well you’ll never actually catch up to me in age, but the distance is narrowed by more than half now. Celebrate your youth, lady!

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Feliz cumpleaÃ±os Melissa!!!!!!!!!!

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Happy Birthday Melissa hope it’s a great one and not totally devoted to work,

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Have a wonderous day!!!!!! 8*

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Happy Birthday Melissa…Enjoy and treat yourself to something special.

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To our lovely webmistress, hope you have a wonderful birthday! =)

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may you have twice as many birthdays as i have.
just 62 so far

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Happy Birthday Melissa! You Rock! I hope your birthday is full of wonderful surprises. Thank you for doing such an awesome job on Pottercast! Also, good luck with your book! Happy Birthday again Melissa, YOU ROCK!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA !!!! thank you sooooo much

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*WOW* HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA* You are a great webmistress and your team is just outstanding. Good Luck on the book and we all look forward to the new year with much anticipation. LONG LIVE THE LEAKY CAULDRON :)

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Happy birthdaay!! YouÂ´re amaziing!!

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Happy Harry Birthday Melissa!!!
I Hope you have a great day working! Thank you so much for a great year, I VE EAKY: THE MST TRUSTED NAME IN PTTER!!!
Freya
xx

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Have a great birthday Melissa – Ravenclaws are cool (just not as cool as Slytherins) – and Leaky rocks forever!

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Happy Birthday, Melissa! I hope your birthday is as fantastic as you are :)

(See, John? They let you make a news post! Now you’re offically part of the “news team” :)

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Melissa, hope you have a great birthday!
Thanks for all your hard work, you really are a woman to admire!

hope you have an awesome day!!! may all your dreams and wishes come true (and im sure most of them have!)
your such an awesome person! have a GREAT day!

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Dearest Melissa,

I hope your birthday is going great, I want to personally thank you for responding to my email to you awhile back, your response meant so much to me, you have no idea! It made me realize just how much I want to be in Journalism! Well, I just wanted to say once again thank you for EVERYTHING! You will never know how much you have touched and made an impact on me and my life, my sincerest thank you’s, I can’t wait to finally read your book! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Yours,
Derek Salzburg

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Happy Birthday Melissa !! Have a good one !

Is that a REAL CAKE? that Sorting Hat? That’s SUPER COOL !

Ravenclaw Pride Melissa ! :) REPRESENT;

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make the most of it melissa it is YOUR day, have a great one !

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I already wished you a happy birthday over at the Lounge, but I’ll do it again here!

HAAAPPPPY BIRTHDAY, MELVIN! cough Melissa. nods

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Happy birthday Melissa! :D

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Wishing you a happy birthday, Melissa enjoy yourself on your birthday, and wishing you a great new year Thank you for all the wonderful and amazing things you do for us fans of Leaky and Pottercast.

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Happy Birthday, Melissa! It’s my birthday too! Yay! LOL Thank you for all the hard work and dedication you have given to us Potter fans! TLC would not be the same without you! Have an awesome birthday!!

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best wishes melissa
happy birthday ! :)

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Hope it’s happy, Melissa. :-)

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Happy birthday! Good luck, and don’t work too hard.

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Happy Birthday, Melissa! Your book sounds wonderful, and I can’t wait to read it someday. I hope you have a great birthday and do something fun.

Thanks for all you do for the Potterverse.

Kay
JKMcGonagall

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Happy Birthday, Melissa! Beat the snot out of Grogsnot and go out for dinner!

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Happy birthday Melissa! Thanks so much for all that you do (including shipping out massive quantities of shirts and CDs this year!). Have a lovely lovely day!

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happy birthday melissa!! :o)

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Happy Birthday Melissa!

RAVENCLAW PRIDE!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA! and what a wonderful year it has been for you. Here’s to another wonderful Harry Potter filled year!

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Happy Birthday Melissa.

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Many happy returns of the day!

Best wishes with the book. Take a little break when you need it, and just let your brilliant mind flow – We’re all behind you!

Wow, our birthdays are only two days apart! I hope you have a wonderful day. I love Leaky and PotterCast so much—thank you so much for doing them. I can’t wait to read your book…it sounds great!!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Happy birthday, Melissa! What a hectic year it’s been for everyone in the Potter world, and I’m pleased to be able to end it with your birthday! Have an amazing birthday, step out of the Ravenclaw mode and relax. You deserve a day of relaxation and rest! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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Happy Birthday, Melissa! Thank you so much for everything you’ve done for the fandom. Leaky wouldn’t be the same without you. I hope the writing goes well and that you have an amazing day!

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Happy birthday Melissa! Thanks for all of your hard work and best of luck with your book!

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A very, very happy birthday, Melissa!

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Happy Birthday, Melissa! I hope it is a good one. Thank you so much for running this place and letting us play in your sandbox! :)

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Happy Birthday Melissa :-)

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Happy Birthday Miss Meliss! You’re an amazing person and I’m so excited that I get to see you so soon- it’s going to be an epic gathering I’m sure.

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It’s my birthday too! :D:D
Happy birthday Melissa (and me)

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Hello, Happy Birthday Melissa, I hope you have a great day. Best wishes.

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Happy Birthday Melissa!!!..Hope you have a wonderful day..

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Happiest Birthday wishes to you Melvin! Tell you little Ravenclaw self that you can write the book any day but only one day is your birthday! Cheers!

Thank you for all this great and marvellous work you are doing to enlighten our lives
and all the fun. I hope that you still have much more adventures to uncover in our beloved Potter world. I love you hear on Potterwatch.

Enjoy your day and Happy New Year

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Hope your birthday is the icing on the cake of this past year! It has been incredible and the way you’ve shared so much with us has been terrific. Keep plugging away at that book. Wishing you a 2008 as happy but not as hectic as 2007 has been!

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Harry Birthday Melissa! or as we say in Sweden
Grattis pÃ¥ FÃ¶delsedagen Melissa!
I hope you’ll have a splendid day with loads of nice stuff!

Happy birthday, Melissa! Thank you for running such a cool website—I can count on you to be honest, respectable, fair, funny, and full of integrity. Plus, you have killer interviews with Jo!! You rock!

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Happy Birthday Melissa! Hope you have a good one!! :-)

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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh MELISSA!!!!!!!!!! we love you hope you have a very happy birthday and a new year next week

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Happy birthday, Melissa! I hope you aren’t working too hard. Thank you for such a wonderful year, I don’t know what we would do without you! I think John said it best, and all I can do is repeat what he has already said. Great job, and THANK YOU!!

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Happy Birthday Melissa! We love you! Thank you for everything you’ve done for the Potter fans. This website is what makes me happy. You are a great person!!!!!

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Happy Birthday Melissa!

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John! Welcome to the News Posting Club! (Shakes hand)

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Happy Happy Birthday!
Hope you had a wonderful day and got some great prezzies but i guess talking to JK was a pretty good present already!
lots of love and have another fabulous year xxx

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Happy Birthday Melissa!

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Happy Birthday Melissa!!!!! Hope it was a good day!!!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA!!!
I hope you can break away from writing for a minute and eat some cake! lol!
Enjoy this day to the fullest and thanks for all your work this past year for the fandom!

Happy Birthday Melissa, and PLEASE take a well-deserved break! We appreciate all you do for us HP fans and I wish you the happiest of birthdays!

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Happy Birthday Melissa!! Good luck with the book!

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Happy Birthday, Melissa. I am looking forward to your book.
Marti

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Happy birthday, Melissa!

Thank you for giving HP fans such a wonderful place to expend all that pent up energy!!

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A huge hug for the birthday girl all the way from Peru. Thanks for the amazing harry potter-filled year.

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Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear melisa, Happy Birthday to you. thanks for bring us to us a fantastic perspective of the word of harry potter and enjoy you day.

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Happy Birthday Melissa!
And many many more. I can’t wait to see that book you’re slaving away over!

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happy birthday, melissa! you’re my potterworld hero : )

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You make the world go round. Have a great one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The Happiest of Birthday Wishes to you Melissa! Take care and take a little time for yourself, even if it’s just a cup of coffee or two or six… ... oh yes and Thanks you!

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Awww, happy birthday Melissa! As one who aspires to be an author someday, I know how it feels to try and press that story/book out no matter what! But I do hope you can offer yourself just a LITTLE bit of relaxation? for an hour, maybe? in order to celebrate? We all appreciate what you do for us- take a break, we won’t blame you, I promise! (giggle) Anyway, hope you have a happy b-day, and thanks for all you’ve done for us!

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Sweet Melissa, here is wishing you a Very Harry/Happy Birthday!

Thank you for all the work you do for us out of the goodness of your sweet heart!

I for one just adore you and am so glad you love crafts and added the Wonderful Crafts to this site.

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Happy Birthday Mel!!!

I couldn’t contain the giggles when I saw that John had posted :)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the world’s VERY BEST Web Mistress!!!

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Happy Birthday Melissa, I hope you had a great day!
Thanks for all your work.

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THANK YOU!! I can’t thank you as much as i want to but have a GREAT b-day and go crazy!(of course with J.K.Rowling) And keep doing what you do cause we all love it!
-A Sirius LOVER!!
P.S. As you can tell I LOVE Sirus Black!

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Happiest Harry Potter Birthday to ya Melissa!!

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Have a wonderful day, Melissa! Wishing you all the best in the next year!

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Happy Birthday, Melissa! Enjoy the day! :D

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Hope you have/had a great birthday Melissa!! Best wishes!!

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Have a beautiful day, Melissa!

And thank you for everything you do for the fandom every day! I hope you get to take this one day to relax! :)

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Dear Melissa, wish you a very Happy Birthday! Thanks for Leaky and still being so enthusiastic about the fandom after all these years! Wish you the best of luck for the book!

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Happy Birthday Melissa! I hope it was the most amazing day ever for you even though you are probably working hard on your bok at the moment. You are my hero. Thank you for all that you do on Leaky and the fandom in general. You are made of awesome. :-)

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Happy Birthday Melissa! Can’t wait for your book!

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Happy birthday Melissa! May you have a wonderful (Potter-filled) birthday! You are awesome and we all thank you!

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Happy happy birthday Melissa! Hope you had a magical one :) Can’t thank you enough for all you’ve done for us fellow fans. You’ve definitely made my time as a HP fan much much more memorable. Looking forward to your book! Don’t stress out too much >.< Good luck!

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Happy Birthday Melissa!! You are basically the most amazing person ever. I cannot begin to describe all you’ve done for us potterfans.

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Happy Birthday, Melvin!!!!! I hope you have a great one and I cannot wait to read your book! Keep chugging away at it and thank you so much for all you do for our fandom! I hope you guys end up going to Portus this year! I would love to see you. I wish I could go to Terminus but luckily Portus is being held where I live! LOL.

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Happy Birthday, Mellie (Umm, can I call you that? lol Thank you for all of your hard work on TLC, and I really can’t wait for your book! I hope you had a wonderful birthday, and may you have another fantastic year!

What a sweet and funny post by John! Gah, I just love TLC so much!

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Have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY Melissa!
Can’t wait for your book !(will it be sold in Singapore?)

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Sending b-day wishes your way.
Hope you had a great day.
Sorry its belated ive been away :)

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Yay Melissa!!! Happy birthday!!! hope you had a great day and that u have a great Potter-filled year!!! :D